Admission counselors

Here to help you and your students with all things Ohio State, our admissions counselors are your direct contact with Undergraduate Admissions. Reach out with questions about the application process, to seek assistance with a panel, a presentation, and more!

Ohio
Outside Ohio
Transfer and military-connected admissions
International admissions
Additional Populations

Ohio
	Central Ohio Austin Martin, admissions counselor martin.4047@osu.edu
	Canton, Youngstown Chelsea Melzer, admissions counselor melzer.20@osu.edu
	Columbus City Schools; Columbus Parochial; Dublin, Hilliard, Olentangy and Worthington Schools Thomas Giles, assistant director giles.160@osu.edu
	Cincinnati Jackson Strick, admissions counselor strick.14@osu.edu
	Dayton Jenna Messer, admissions counselor messer.113@osu.edu
	Northeast Ohio Keith Lofton, admissions counselor (Cleveland-based) lofton.5@osu.edu
	Northeast Ohio Tracy Shuman, associate director (Cleveland-based) shuman.56@osu.edu
	Southeastern Ohio, Southern Ohio Dan Pohl, assistant director pohl.23@osu.edu
	Northwestern Ohio, Western Ohio Rob Reed, assistant director reed.497@osu.edu
	Regional campuses: Ohio State Lima Ohio State Marion Ohio State Mansfield Ohio State Newark ATI in Wooster

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Outside Ohio
	Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington Caitlin James, regional recruitment manager (San Diego-based) james.1097@osu.edu
	Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee Bianca Durant, regional recruitment manager (Atlanta-based) durant.76@osu.edu
	Arizona, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming Jenna Messer, admissions counselor messer.113@osu.edu
	New Jersey, New York Lauren Heatherly, regional recruitment manager (NYC-based) heatherly.7@osu.edu
	Michigan Rob Reed, admissions director reed.497@osu.edu
	Indiana Jackson Strick, admissions counselor strick.14@osu.edu
	Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin Josephine West, regional recruitment manager (Chicago-based) west.804@osu.edu
	Delaware, Maryland, Philadelphia area, Virginia, Washington DC, West Virginia Mark Cortez, director, outreach and recruitment cortez.11@osu.edu
	Colorado Tracy Shuman, associate director shuman.56@osu.edu
	Florida Antonio Serrano, regional recruitment manager (Miami-based) serrano.1032@osu.edu
	Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont Keith Lofton, admissions counselor lofton.5@osu.edu
	Pennsylvania (excluding Philadelphia area) Chelsea Melzer, admissions counselor melzer.20@osu.edu

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Transfer and military-connected admissions
	Steve Saunier, admissions counselor saunier.9@osu.edu
	Marco Chavez, senior assistant director chavez.30@osu.edu

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International admissions
	Marco Chavez, senior assistant director chavez.30@osu.edu
	Maggie Gerhardinger, program coordinator gerhardinger.6@osu.edu
	Diana Azaryan, admissions counselor azaryan.2@osu.edu

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Additional populations
	Access and Diversity Khadijah Jones, associate director jones.4065@osu.edu
	The Ohio State Academy (post-secondary enrollment options) Kelli Reavling-Cobb, assistant director ESUE-Academy@osu.edu
	The Ohio State Academy (College Credit Plus) Michele Brown, program director ESUE-Academy@osu.edu